Clarion 1940-03-07 Vol 19 No 10

The Bethel Clarion
Vol. XIX No. 10 BETHEL INSTITUTE (St. Paul, Minn.) March 7, 1940
Forensics Assume Prominence
D. Anderson Takes First Honors
Against 11 Other Orators
Frosh Offer
Radio Show
Next Week
Take-off Broadcast
Features Amateurs
Variety entertainment will be of-fered
to Bethelites and their friends
by the Freshman class on Friday,
March 15, at 8 p. m. in the Junior
College chapel in the form of a
radio broadcast.
A highlight of the evening's
program will be an amateur
hour show, according to Gene
Nyman, president. There will
be a master of ceremonies and
about 10 numbers. Musical fea-tures
and readings will be giv-en.
A community sing for the studio
audience will be lead by David An-derson.
A series of newsflashes
will also be made by the announc-er.
The closing event will be a
church-of-the-air program. Gun-nar
Hoglund is guiding the ar.
rangements for this. Music and
devotionals will fill this part.
Tickets for the first year pro-gram
are being sold by Clifford
Bjorklund and his committee. They
are priced at 25 cents. Other tick-et
sellers are: Carol Engwall, Betty
Danielson, Louise Joonson, Viola
Carlberg, Dale Bjork, Lowell Mar-quardt,
and Merle Sjolund.
The announcer for the broadcast
is unknown as yet.
Memorial Fund
Planned For Seminary
Circular letters have been sent
to Seminary .graduates and early
Academy graduates to subscribe
funds for a scholarship endowment
in memory of the late Dr. G. Arvid
Gordh, according to office reports.
It is desired to establish a
$2,000 fund, the income of
which will be awarded annu-ally
to the Seminary student
who has made the greatest
progress in the study of New
Testament Greek.
"During the 18 years Dr. Gordh
spent at Bethel Seminary, he was
a teacher of New Testament Greek
and Greek Exegesis. We are sure
that none of the young people
whose privilege it was to sit in
those classes will ever forget the
lessons and impressions received
there," the letter stated.
With a declaration for reform of
the present motion picture indus-try,
David Anderson placed first in
the recent oratorical contest. The
subject of his oration was "Amer-ica's
Movie Menace."
Gunnar Hoglund and Clifford
Bjorklund came in second and
third. Hoglund's topic was "What
About The Movies?", while Bjork-lund
won his place with "New Men
For The New Day."
Anderson brought out statis-tics
which showed the devastat-ing
influence that moving pic-tures
have upon the youth of
this country. Because of its
deep roots in American life, he
favored reform rather than
abolition. Newspapers, state
legislatures, city councils,
homes, and churches were cit-ed
as centers of reform.
C. L. Saxby of the Minneapolis
Public library was the oratorical
critic. The audience approved of
his comments and technique, ac-cording
to Miss Enid Platts, speech
adviser.
Anderson and Hoglund will
participate in the Southern
Minnesota Junior College For-ensic
meet which will be held
with Bethany college in Man-kato
on April 19 and 20. They
will enter the oratorical divi-sion.
Miss Platts announces that plans
are being formulated to have Beth-el
students participate in this (!on-clave
of speech aspirants next
month. Besides an oratorical divi-sion,
there will also be sections
for interpretative reading and ex-tempore
speaking. All-school con-tests
will be held after Easter to
select participants from Bethel for
each of these activities.
The Negro problem has been
selected as the basis for the
extempore study. This is sub-divided
into the following
groups: "The Negro Profes-sional
Man," "The Northern
Negro Day Laborer," "The
Southern Negro Share-Crop-per,"
and "Negro Education."
Miss Platts suggests that Semi-nary
students are also eligible for
this competition.
Other potential orators at Mon-day
night's session were: Winston
Sherwick, Grant Samuelson, Glenn
Anderson, Joyce Johnson, and Dale
Bjork.
DAVID ANDERSON, oratorical
winner, is a pastor of the Bap-tist
church in Osceola, Wiscon-sin.
He graduated from the St.
Paul Bible institute last year.
Japanese Worker
To Speak Here
By MIRIAM JOHANSON
Dr. William Axling, world famous
missionary and author, of Tokyo,
Japan, will bring a message to the
March meeting of the Missionary
band in the Junior College chapel
March 20 at 8 p. m.
Dr. Axling is especially noted
for the all-inclusive program
through which the people are
not only brought to Christ but
are administered to education-ally
and socially as well. He
has been closely connected
with Kagawa, Japan's slum re-former,
and is the author of
"The Life Of Kagawa" which
is to be found in almost every
library of our country.
One of the features of the eve-ning
will be the Elim Church choir.
Twin cities churches are invited to
share Dr. Axling with us. Do your
best to make this great event
known.
Two debate teams, the member-ship
of which are unchosen as yet,
will be sent to a junior college de-bate
tournament to be held at River
Falls State Teachers college, River
Falls, Wisconsin, on Saturday,
March 16, Miss Platts also an-nounces.
Baptist Meet
To Attract
Great Host
Christian Advance
Stimulates Conclave
By LEM PETERSEN
Baptists to the tune of 6,000 will
gather in Minneapolis next Monday
to rally their forces for advance-ment
in the cause of Christ. This
great gathering of Christians is
only one of the 103 other Convoca-tions
being held in the area of the
Northern Baptist convention dur-ing
this fiscal year.
This impressive figure which
Baptist heads are trying to at-tain
represents the largest
number of Baptists gathered
together in one place at one
time in Minnesota. This is also
the largest goal set in the
United States for this series.
The Twin Cities Convocation will
hold its day sessions in the First
Baptist church of the Mill city. In
the evening, the host of Baptists
will convene in the Minnesota the-ater
on Ninth Street S. and La
Salle.
"The Mission Of The Church
In A Distressed World" is the
theme for the conferences of
the day. Discussions will bring
out duties and responsibilities
which Christians face in their
every sphere of life.
A six-member team of outstand-ing
personalities in the work of
Northern Baptists will lead the
Students wishing to attend
the Convocation can receive ex-cuses
from the office for the
time only that they will be at
the meetings in Minneapolis,
Dean Emery Johnson announc-ed.
day's conclave. Their leader is Dr.
M. E. Bratcher of the American
Baptist Home Mission society. Dr.
Joseph C. Robbins, Foreign secre-tary
of the American Baptist For-eign
Mission society is also a team
member. Dr. William Axling, re-nowned
missionary-statesman of
Japan, makes a third member of
the party.
Others who will participate are:
Dr. Roy B. Deer, Executive secre-tary
of Pennsylvania; Miss Pearl
Rosser, American Baptist Publica-tion
society; and Miss Mary Beth
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Page 2 THE BETHEL CLARION
COMMENTS**FEATURES
DEVOTIONAL
LATEST TEMPERATURE
REPORT
FAIR WEATHER — Del Peterson
and Louise Joonson.
RISING TEMPERATURE — Harri-ette
Fossum and "Boomp" Blom-quist.
FAIR AND WARMER — "Swede"
Swenson and "Mickey" McOlash.
UNFORESEEN — Muriel Petersen
and Dale Bjork.
UNCHANGEABLE—Gracie Widen
and Johnnie Valine.
HEAT WAVE — Ethel Tederman
and Gene Nyman.
UNPREDICTABLE—Dorothy Web-ster
and Dallas West.
An intelligent girl is one who
knows how to refuse a kiss with-out
being deprived of it.
Needed: better supporters of St.
Paul. Bob Hovinen went up to
Stanchfield the other day for the
sole reason of getting his hair cut.
If you have ever been to Stanch-field,
you can understand why we
wonder.
SOCIAL
By MURIEL PETERSEN
February 27, Tuesday
For the purpose of giving after
dinner speeches, the advanced
speech class had a dinner in the
Coffee shoppe. George Washing-ton's
life was the theme about
which Ethel Tedermann, Francis
McOlash, and Truman Halvorson
centered their speeches. Stanley
Paulson was the toastmaster, and
special selections in music were
presented by Leone Smith, Kermit
Johnson, and Bob Paulson.
WAR NEWS
B.P., Feb. 30
The war isn't over! There are
still 300 days (the equivalent of
7,200 hours) for the fortunate (or
unfortunate) DESIREABLES to be
forged into the midst of battles
such as have not been waged and
are not anticipated again within
the next four years.
The greatest offensive stroke
which has as yet been launched
was on the eve of February 29, the
battle of Sa Die Hawkins. With
Ethel Ruff as the able commander-in-
chief, the HAWKERS' forces
marched on to victory. Loud ac-claims
were given to the Misses
Henrietta DeCamp, Alice Johnson,
Doris Eggleston and the Girl's trio,
who, though being admirably re-buffed
by John Valine, C. E. Carl-son,
Gene Nyman, and Jack Berge-son,
carried the projected plans
through this crucial hour to heights
heretofore unattained. This, how-ever,
could not have been possible
without the untiring and skillful
efforts of the organizing staff:
Grace Widen, Virginia Carlson, and
Elizabeth Larson, who anticipated
the DESIREABLES' lines of weak-ness
and so maneuvered their pro-gram
accordingly.
Final reports have not come in
as to how the DESIREABLES kept
their "distance" (which was C. E.
Carlson's main line of defense.
By EARL SHERMAN
"For me to live is Christ"—
Phillipians 1:21.
It is not always easy to live.
Sometimes death would be most
welcome. Life is real; life is ear-nest.
The coward says, "Life is
too hard." Hoping to find release,
he takes his life.
Paul, as he was chained to a
guard of the Roman Praetorium,
had not the easiest way of living.
But he says, "For me to live is
Christ."
Just what does he mean? This:
for me to live among these men is
as for Christ to live among them.
Christ has taken leave for a sea-son.
To me has been entrusted the
business of representing Him dur-ing
His absence. The love, grace,
Purpose, understanding, desire, and
grace of Christ are, in a measure,
to be revealed in me. For me to
speak is as for Christ to speak.
For me to act is as for Christ to
act. Everything I do is to the end
of the advancement of His glory.
"For me to live is Christ." Is
that statement applicable to your
life? This business of represent-ing
Jesus Christ is a very serious
matter. The world is judging our
Savior by us who bear His name,
by us who profess to be His fol-lowers.
Is the 'Christ that your life
is portraying the Christ of Geth-semane
and Calvary? Can the
world see Jesus in you? "For me
to live is Christ." Make that the
motto of your life if you would live
a life of rejoicing and be pleasing
to our God.
POESY
MUSING
I sometimes muse and ponder,
About the folks I meet,
And oft in 'contemplation,
I watch the crowded street;
The people jostling onward,
With eager steps and slow;
The elbowing and lurching,
Present a moving show.
I sometimes muse and ponder,
About the folks I know,
And oft in meditation
I gaze in Friendship's glow,
As to their joys and longings,
As to their hopes on earth,
As to their aspirations,
And what they value 'worthy.
I sometimes muse and ponder
About my Savior's Cross,
And then in dedication,
"I count all things but loss,"
In knowing that He loves me,
In knowing of His care;
And so the joy of serving
Becomes my daily prayer!
—E. Ruff.
'ROUND CAMPUS eddwid eo..edd
Spiritual Frontiers
Baptists—along with other Christian bodies—are beginning to realize
that they must soon face the world of today and meet people's problems.
The Convocation in Minneapolis next Monday (which is but one of 103
similar conclaves of Baptists) is evidence of the dawning consciousness
among many Christians that the world is looking to the Church to show
the way out of the present debacle (if such we may call it).
Statistics of many denominations show that Christian forces are not
making much net increase. We have no documentary evidence for this,
but perhaps the great majority of people taken into the Church today are
from Christian background; in other words, we are unable, to a large ex-tent,
to reach people from non-Christian background. Why? Either we
do not present the gospel message as the early apostles did, or else we
have not adopted the gospel to the present situation as the early Chris-tians
met the conditions which they faced.
Some questions that should be cleared up are: (1); How different are
the problems of today than those of the first century? (2) Are we to give
any consideration to changing environment in the gospel presentation?
(3) What percentage of converts come from non-Christian backgrounds?
(4) How long does it take to win people with non-Christian background,
and what methods are most satisfactory?
With these questions in mind, we would propose a study of these
problems in the form of a mathematical equation (not that it could be
done mathematically, but for sake of clarity) as follows:
a—needs which first Christians faced
b—how they met these needs
c—problems that we face today
x—how we are to meet these needs
a:b::c:x
The Christian Church has stood too long in its present position—it is
at a crucial point and must offer something vital to the world. It is for
YOUTH—you and I—to work this out.
Prayer Facilities
Every one in Bethel should know the value of prayer. We hardly
have to write about why we should be praying. However, we have been
requested to remind CLARION readers of the facilities that we have for
prayer here.
Under the direction of the Religious council, there are several daily,
public prayer meetings. A morning-watch service in the Junior College
chapel has just been instituted. Herschel Rogers reports that a fine
spirit and attendance prevails. There are also the traditional noon pray-er
bands for men and women, meeting in Junior College rooms, besides
the evening service which meets for a half hour in the Seminary chapel
after dinner.
All of these are inspirational. However, we stress the unique im-portance
of the two prayer towers that we have, one in each building.
Public prayer is valuable, but private prayer is a necessity. It is then
that we give God a chance to search our hearts.
The Bethel Clarion
BETHEL INSTITUTE
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Official school paper of Bethel Institute.
Published by students bi-weekly except July, August,
and September.
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SPORTS Bernard Hammerbeck, Elna Finstrom, and Vernon Pearson
FEATURES Carol Jane Engwall, Gladys Hanson, Mary Ann Liljenstrom,
Muriel Petersen, Leone Smith, Helen Sorenson, and Viola Waihela.
NEWS REPORTERS.... Glenn Anderson, Betty Danielson, Dalphy Fagerstrom,
Gunnar Hoglund, Archie Johnson, Miriam Johanson, Lloyd Shold,
Sara Mae Swenson, Marvin Toews, Robert Wallin, and Dorothy
Webster.
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MONDAY
Baptist Convocation, Minne-apolis.
THURSDAY, March 14
BWA.
FRIDAY, March 15
Freshman program, Chapel, 8
p. m.
Senior Reception. Dr. Hag-strom,
host.
WEDNESDAY, March 20
Missionary band.
Extension Trips
Made On Sunday
Several students will visit the
church in Sandy Lake, Minnesota,
Sunday where they will have
charge of both morning and eve-ning
services. The following Sun-day,
they will go to Lake Lillian
for a similar appearance.
The purposes of these trips
are to help Baptist churches
and to advance the interests of
Bethel Institute, according to
Herschel Rogers, president of
the Religious council.
For Easter vacation a tour is be-ing
planned through Illinois and
Iowa. About six students will take
part in the services which will be
held in five or more churches.
New Group Formulates
Worker's Program
Monthly luncheons have become
a feature of the newly organized
N.Y.A. club. The first was held on
Tuesday, February 20.
Musical entertainment was
offered by Bob Paulson on his
accordian and by a male quar-tet.
"H. Peter" Hanson, advis-er,
gave a toast.
A constitution is being formulat-ed
for the group. The following
members are cooperating on this
task: Gunnar Hoglund, preamble;
Glen Soule, Article I—membership;
Dallas West, Article II—officers;
Kenneth Norquist, Article III—so-cial
events; and Dale Bjork, Ar-ticle
IV—goal.
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News Censor
Explained
Propaganda, as it filters through
our newspaper reading and radio
reports, was demonstrated Wednes-day
night by C. W. Sorenson at
the Chautauquan program.
The Sophomore class sponsored
this ,program. The members sent
speakers to the Twin cities Bap-tist
churches, canvassed the 'com-munity,
and publicized the event.
Olaf Nelson, director, and Don
Johnson, class president, were in
charge.
Sorenson showed many in-stances
where news facts or
photos have been deliberately
distorted. He pointed out the
propaganda in headlines, in ad-vertisements,
in magazines,
and on the radio.
Nearly all governments are
doing their share of propagan-dizing,
he claimed. Sorenson
also indicated the simple tech-nique
of propaganda analysis.
This journalist-adventurer is
sent out by the University of Min-nesota
Extension department. As
an explorer he was elected a Fel-low
of the Royal Geographical so-ciety,
following expeditions in the
Arabian desert.
Sorenson has traveled wide-ly
in Europe, Africa, India,
Borneo, China, Japan, Malaya,
and Philippines. For the Brit-ish
Movietonews he filmed the
Arab-Jewish clashes and the
laying of the oil pipeline from
Iraq to the Mediterranean sea.
When Crown Prince Gustaf of
Sweden was on an expedition
in Transjordiania, Sorenson
was press representative and
photographer.
The speaker was living in Ger-many
at the time that Hitler came
into power and helped cover the
story of the first blood purge, the
death of President Hindenburg,
and the assassination of Chancel-lor
Dolfuss.
CHAPEL APPEARANCE
The A Cappella choir sang in
chapel Thursday with Prof. Hult-gren
directing.
They sang three songs : ''Bless
The Lord, 0 My Soul" by Mikail
M. Ip,politof-Ivanof ; "Beautiful Sav-ior"
by F. Melius Christiansen;
and "Cheribum Song."
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THE BETHEL CLARION Page 3
Malmsten Schedules
Spring Itinerary
H. Wyman Malmsten, financial
representative, is making a tour of
Minnesota churches during the
month of March.
His tentative schedule calls
for appearances at St. Paul
First Swedish, Central Baptist,
Scandia, Cokato, Grove City,
Maynard, Wilmar, Blomkest,
Becker, St. Cloud Calvary,
Anoka Elim, Kerkhoven, Elim
of Minneapolis, Clear Lake,
Russel, Lake Sarah, Rothsay,
Henning, Alexandria, Evans-ville,
and Fergus Falls.
After Easter Malmsten will visit
churches in South Dakota, Wis-consin,
and the Eastern states.
He has also been invited to
preach the baccalaureate and com-mencement
sermons for the Al-berta
Baptist Bible academy in
Canada.
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By DALE BJORK
On March 14, the Male chorus
will sing a concert at the First
Covenant church of St. Paul. Pro-fessor
Theodore Bergman will be
the pianist for the evening. Pro-fessor
Hultgren will be directing
the chorus.
For this year, the chorus has
decided to wear double-breast.
ed, oxford-grey suits with cus-tomary
wing tip collars and
black bow ties. Most of the
members are purchasing new
suits. They have placed their'
order at McCluskly's Clothing
store, St. Paul. The order
amounts to over $400. The
chorus expects to wear its new
apparel at the concert on
March 14.
In preparation for their appear-ance
and the coming concert tour,
the chorus has been meeting at
least four times a week in sec-tional
or chorus practice. Improve-ment
and interest is shown in the
work.
Baptist Meet
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Fulton, Ministers and Missionaries
Benefit board.
Beginning at 10:30 a. m.,
there will be simultaneous ses-sions
for men and women on
"A Revival Of Vital Religion."
There will be a youth dinner
at 6:15 p. m. when the theme,
"Christian Leadership For To-day
And Tomorrow," will be
taken up. The final meeting at
8 p. m. will be a reconsecration
and worship service centering
about "World Fellowship
Through Christ."
The Convocator is Dr. Sidney
Powell, pastor of the First Baptist
church of St. Paul. Dr. G. Arvid
Hagstrom is chairman of the Visu-alization
committee ; Lemuel Pe-tersen
is also a committee mem-ber.
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Male Choristers To Appear
Before Spring Concert Tour
Bethel Cagers Face
Some. Competition Yet
Although Bethel has completed
its conference basketball schedule,
it still has several stiff contests.
Included in the unplayed sched-ule
are games with the Farm
School five and the Northwestern
Bible school quintet; a game is also
scheduled for March 18 against the
champions of the Twin Cities
S.B.Y.P:U. league.
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Page 4 THE BETHEL CLARION
Last League
Game Taken
By BERNARD HAMMERBECK
Bethelites took their last confer-ence
game at a 61-42 victory over
Luther last Saturday.
The Bethel Indians found the tall
Rochester quintet a bit too tall for
their style of play and succumbed
58-42 before the relentless attack
of the tall Medico five. The game
was played on the Rochester floor.
The victory for the Roches-ter
quintet assured them of an-other
championship crown as
they completed their confer.
ence schedule with only one
loss. It was the 'fourth confer-ence
loss for the Bethelites as
compared to five wins and put
Bethel in fourth place in the
conference standings.
The Bethelites played inspired
ball the first half and retired with
a 6 point lead at halftime. How-ever,
the final period found the
tired Bethelites weak before the
attack of the tall Medicos, and at
the final gun the Rochester five
were on the long end of a 58-42
score.
Wright and Wilson led the win-ners
with 19 and 14 points respec-tively.
Don Johnson with 16 coun-ters
and Bob Hovinen with 12 led
the Bethel offense.
All-Opponent Team
Nominated By Coach
In a recent interview, Coach
Bill Adam expressed his choice in
regards to an all-star conference
basketball team. Adam limited his
choice to opponents of his Bethel
quintet and intimated he had con-siderable
difficulty in narrowing
the field to five men.
The team as chosen by Coach
Adam included Wilson, of Roches-ter
and Thompson of Albert Lea
at the forward posts, "Slug" Guld-berg
of Bethany in the center spot,
and Hollstine of Tracy and Mad-son
from Bethany at the guard
spots. Special mention was also
made of Wright, the Rochester
center.
Diamond Aspirants
To Begin Practice
Coach William Adam has is-sued
the first call for all bat.
terymen for his baseball team.
Pitchers and catchers are to
report for practice in the gym
about March 18th. Infielders
and outfielders will report for
duty immediately following
Spring vacation.
qach Adam wishes it to be
remembered that all aspirants
for his baseball nine must fur-nish
their own glove and shoes.
Mural Hoop Champs
To Be Determined
Final playoffs between the fresh-man
and sophomore gym teams for
the intramural basketball cham-pionship
will be held next week,
Coach Adam reports. The cham-pionship
goes to the first team
winning two games.
The frosh will be represent.
ed by either G. Larson's or W.
Dahlstrom's quintet. The two
quintets are running neck-and-neck
at present, and the decid-ing
tilt has not as yet been
played.
The sophomore race has not yet
been decided either with both G.
Samuelson's and G. Anderson's
teams fighting for the coveted
spot. Their fate will be decided
late this week.
MINNEAPOLIS RECITAL
The Minneapolis A cappella choir
is giving its annual Spring concert
next Tuesday evening at the Ly-ceum
theater in Minneapolis.
George Hultgren is the director.
John Valine is selling tickets to
Bethel students.
SENIORS HONORED
Seniors of the Seminary will be
honored by a reception on Friday
evening, March 15, given by Dr.
and Mrs. G. Arvid Hagstrom, pres-ident.
This is an annual affair and
will be held at their home.
Coeds Meet
Weaker Teams
Bethel cagerettes have been corn-ing
out on top the last few weeks
as they have met opponents of the
Twin Cities.
Winning 20-13, they placed
over the Neighborhood House
women of St. Paul on Feb. 5.
Elizabeth and Marie Larson
tied as high scorers with four
baskets each.
In two games with the Farm
school "Aggies" the Bethelites
were victors. The first on Feb. 9
was taken by 31-22 recital, and the
second on Feb. 19 with a 28-16
chalk-up.
Again on Feb. 16, the Bethel
Squaws triumphed over the
Phyllis Wheatley Settlement
outfit with a 20.13 win. This is
a Negro team. A return en-gagement
will be played today.
This week the basketball play-off
will take place with these teams
tentatively lined up: Helen Heath's
sophomores against Harriette Fos-sum's
frosh. They are leading the
series. There will be three games
Played, with two necessary for the
Crown.
EDUCATORS MEET
Dean Emery Johnson attended a
national meeting of educational ad-ministrators
in St. Louis, Missouri,
last week. On the way to the con-vention,
he showed pictures of the
school at Burlington, Iowa.
SORLEY ORDAINED
Wilbur Sorley, valedictorian of
last year's Seminary graduating
class, was ordained to the Christian
ministry last Friday evening.
Dr. G. Arvid Hagstrom preached
the ordination sermon.
Sorley is pastor at the Minne-haha
Baptist church in Minne-apolis.
B ook s
"George W. Truett: A Biogra-phy"
by Powhatan W. James. 277
pp. The MacMillan Company. New
York. 1939.
"The Dynamic Of A Dream" by
Marie Alcomb Riley. The Erd-manns
Company. Grand Rapids,
Mich. 1939.
Here are two recent biographies
which every loyal Baptist should
read. They can both be found in
the Seminary library.
The first is that of a Prince of
Preachers. Dr. Truett is called the
outstanding evangelical preacher
of this generation: The story be-gins
with his preacher-ancestors in
the mountains of North Carolina.
Truett's conversion, call to the
ministry, early training prove in-teresting
to youth. He was not very
old before he bore the marks of
future brilliancy.
The work of building his Dallas,
Texas, church to a membership of
7,000; his influence within the
Southern Baptist realm; his privi-lege
to guide even the Baptists of
the world : the stories of all these
are inspiring. Truett's power to
preach is revealed in the stories
of his trips to South America and
China, when, preaching through an
interpreter, hundreds and thou-sands
of people were converted to
Christianity in one service.
"The Dynamic Of A Dream" is
the intimate story of a man whom
we know and admire—Dr. W. B.
Riley of Minneapolis. It tells of his
aspirations for his church, his
school, his writings for his de-nomination,
and for fundamental
Christian cause at large. Riley has
wielded a mighty influence through
out the nation.
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Dyeing
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The Bethel Clarion
Vol. XIX No. 10 BETHEL INSTITUTE (St. Paul, Minn.) March 7, 1940
Forensics Assume Prominence
D. Anderson Takes First Honors
Against 11 Other Orators
Frosh Offer
Radio Show
Next Week
Take-off Broadcast
Features Amateurs
Variety entertainment will be of-fered
to Bethelites and their friends
by the Freshman class on Friday,
March 15, at 8 p. m. in the Junior
College chapel in the form of a
radio broadcast.
A highlight of the evening's
program will be an amateur
hour show, according to Gene
Nyman, president. There will
be a master of ceremonies and
about 10 numbers. Musical fea-tures
and readings will be giv-en.
A community sing for the studio
audience will be lead by David An-derson.
A series of newsflashes
will also be made by the announc-er.
The closing event will be a
church-of-the-air program. Gun-nar
Hoglund is guiding the ar.
rangements for this. Music and
devotionals will fill this part.
Tickets for the first year pro-gram
are being sold by Clifford
Bjorklund and his committee. They
are priced at 25 cents. Other tick-et
sellers are: Carol Engwall, Betty
Danielson, Louise Joonson, Viola
Carlberg, Dale Bjork, Lowell Mar-quardt,
and Merle Sjolund.
The announcer for the broadcast
is unknown as yet.
Memorial Fund
Planned For Seminary
Circular letters have been sent
to Seminary .graduates and early
Academy graduates to subscribe
funds for a scholarship endowment
in memory of the late Dr. G. Arvid
Gordh, according to office reports.
It is desired to establish a
$2,000 fund, the income of
which will be awarded annu-ally
to the Seminary student
who has made the greatest
progress in the study of New
Testament Greek.
"During the 18 years Dr. Gordh
spent at Bethel Seminary, he was
a teacher of New Testament Greek
and Greek Exegesis. We are sure
that none of the young people
whose privilege it was to sit in
those classes will ever forget the
lessons and impressions received
there," the letter stated.
With a declaration for reform of
the present motion picture indus-try,
David Anderson placed first in
the recent oratorical contest. The
subject of his oration was "Amer-ica's
Movie Menace."
Gunnar Hoglund and Clifford
Bjorklund came in second and
third. Hoglund's topic was "What
About The Movies?", while Bjork-lund
won his place with "New Men
For The New Day."
Anderson brought out statis-tics
which showed the devastat-ing
influence that moving pic-tures
have upon the youth of
this country. Because of its
deep roots in American life, he
favored reform rather than
abolition. Newspapers, state
legislatures, city councils,
homes, and churches were cit-ed
as centers of reform.
C. L. Saxby of the Minneapolis
Public library was the oratorical
critic. The audience approved of
his comments and technique, ac-cording
to Miss Enid Platts, speech
adviser.
Anderson and Hoglund will
participate in the Southern
Minnesota Junior College For-ensic
meet which will be held
with Bethany college in Man-kato
on April 19 and 20. They
will enter the oratorical divi-sion.
Miss Platts announces that plans
are being formulated to have Beth-el
students participate in this (!on-clave
of speech aspirants next
month. Besides an oratorical divi-sion,
there will also be sections
for interpretative reading and ex-tempore
speaking. All-school con-tests
will be held after Easter to
select participants from Bethel for
each of these activities.
The Negro problem has been
selected as the basis for the
extempore study. This is sub-divided
into the following
groups: "The Negro Profes-sional
Man," "The Northern
Negro Day Laborer," "The
Southern Negro Share-Crop-per,"
and "Negro Education."
Miss Platts suggests that Semi-nary
students are also eligible for
this competition.
Other potential orators at Mon-day
night's session were: Winston
Sherwick, Grant Samuelson, Glenn
Anderson, Joyce Johnson, and Dale
Bjork.
DAVID ANDERSON, oratorical
winner, is a pastor of the Bap-tist
church in Osceola, Wiscon-sin.
He graduated from the St.
Paul Bible institute last year.
Japanese Worker
To Speak Here
By MIRIAM JOHANSON
Dr. William Axling, world famous
missionary and author, of Tokyo,
Japan, will bring a message to the
March meeting of the Missionary
band in the Junior College chapel
March 20 at 8 p. m.
Dr. Axling is especially noted
for the all-inclusive program
through which the people are
not only brought to Christ but
are administered to education-ally
and socially as well. He
has been closely connected
with Kagawa, Japan's slum re-former,
and is the author of
"The Life Of Kagawa" which
is to be found in almost every
library of our country.
One of the features of the eve-ning
will be the Elim Church choir.
Twin cities churches are invited to
share Dr. Axling with us. Do your
best to make this great event
known.
Two debate teams, the member-ship
of which are unchosen as yet,
will be sent to a junior college de-bate
tournament to be held at River
Falls State Teachers college, River
Falls, Wisconsin, on Saturday,
March 16, Miss Platts also an-nounces.
Baptist Meet
To Attract
Great Host
Christian Advance
Stimulates Conclave
By LEM PETERSEN
Baptists to the tune of 6,000 will
gather in Minneapolis next Monday
to rally their forces for advance-ment
in the cause of Christ. This
great gathering of Christians is
only one of the 103 other Convoca-tions
being held in the area of the
Northern Baptist convention dur-ing
this fiscal year.
This impressive figure which
Baptist heads are trying to at-tain
represents the largest
number of Baptists gathered
together in one place at one
time in Minnesota. This is also
the largest goal set in the
United States for this series.
The Twin Cities Convocation will
hold its day sessions in the First
Baptist church of the Mill city. In
the evening, the host of Baptists
will convene in the Minnesota the-ater
on Ninth Street S. and La
Salle.
"The Mission Of The Church
In A Distressed World" is the
theme for the conferences of
the day. Discussions will bring
out duties and responsibilities
which Christians face in their
every sphere of life.
A six-member team of outstand-ing
personalities in the work of
Northern Baptists will lead the
Students wishing to attend
the Convocation can receive ex-cuses
from the office for the
time only that they will be at
the meetings in Minneapolis,
Dean Emery Johnson announc-ed.
day's conclave. Their leader is Dr.
M. E. Bratcher of the American
Baptist Home Mission society. Dr.
Joseph C. Robbins, Foreign secre-tary
of the American Baptist For-eign
Mission society is also a team
member. Dr. William Axling, re-nowned
missionary-statesman of
Japan, makes a third member of
the party.
Others who will participate are:
Dr. Roy B. Deer, Executive secre-tary
of Pennsylvania; Miss Pearl
Rosser, American Baptist Publica-tion
society; and Miss Mary Beth
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Page 2 THE BETHEL CLARION
COMMENTS**FEATURES
DEVOTIONAL
LATEST TEMPERATURE
REPORT
FAIR WEATHER — Del Peterson
and Louise Joonson.
RISING TEMPERATURE — Harri-ette
Fossum and "Boomp" Blom-quist.
FAIR AND WARMER — "Swede"
Swenson and "Mickey" McOlash.
UNFORESEEN — Muriel Petersen
and Dale Bjork.
UNCHANGEABLE—Gracie Widen
and Johnnie Valine.
HEAT WAVE — Ethel Tederman
and Gene Nyman.
UNPREDICTABLE—Dorothy Web-ster
and Dallas West.
An intelligent girl is one who
knows how to refuse a kiss with-out
being deprived of it.
Needed: better supporters of St.
Paul. Bob Hovinen went up to
Stanchfield the other day for the
sole reason of getting his hair cut.
If you have ever been to Stanch-field,
you can understand why we
wonder.
SOCIAL
By MURIEL PETERSEN
February 27, Tuesday
For the purpose of giving after
dinner speeches, the advanced
speech class had a dinner in the
Coffee shoppe. George Washing-ton's
life was the theme about
which Ethel Tedermann, Francis
McOlash, and Truman Halvorson
centered their speeches. Stanley
Paulson was the toastmaster, and
special selections in music were
presented by Leone Smith, Kermit
Johnson, and Bob Paulson.
WAR NEWS
B.P., Feb. 30
The war isn't over! There are
still 300 days (the equivalent of
7,200 hours) for the fortunate (or
unfortunate) DESIREABLES to be
forged into the midst of battles
such as have not been waged and
are not anticipated again within
the next four years.
The greatest offensive stroke
which has as yet been launched
was on the eve of February 29, the
battle of Sa Die Hawkins. With
Ethel Ruff as the able commander-in-
chief, the HAWKERS' forces
marched on to victory. Loud ac-claims
were given to the Misses
Henrietta DeCamp, Alice Johnson,
Doris Eggleston and the Girl's trio,
who, though being admirably re-buffed
by John Valine, C. E. Carl-son,
Gene Nyman, and Jack Berge-son,
carried the projected plans
through this crucial hour to heights
heretofore unattained. This, how-ever,
could not have been possible
without the untiring and skillful
efforts of the organizing staff:
Grace Widen, Virginia Carlson, and
Elizabeth Larson, who anticipated
the DESIREABLES' lines of weak-ness
and so maneuvered their pro-gram
accordingly.
Final reports have not come in
as to how the DESIREABLES kept
their "distance" (which was C. E.
Carlson's main line of defense.
By EARL SHERMAN
"For me to live is Christ"—
Phillipians 1:21.
It is not always easy to live.
Sometimes death would be most
welcome. Life is real; life is ear-nest.
The coward says, "Life is
too hard." Hoping to find release,
he takes his life.
Paul, as he was chained to a
guard of the Roman Praetorium,
had not the easiest way of living.
But he says, "For me to live is
Christ."
Just what does he mean? This:
for me to live among these men is
as for Christ to live among them.
Christ has taken leave for a sea-son.
To me has been entrusted the
business of representing Him dur-ing
His absence. The love, grace,
Purpose, understanding, desire, and
grace of Christ are, in a measure,
to be revealed in me. For me to
speak is as for Christ to speak.
For me to act is as for Christ to
act. Everything I do is to the end
of the advancement of His glory.
"For me to live is Christ." Is
that statement applicable to your
life? This business of represent-ing
Jesus Christ is a very serious
matter. The world is judging our
Savior by us who bear His name,
by us who profess to be His fol-lowers.
Is the 'Christ that your life
is portraying the Christ of Geth-semane
and Calvary? Can the
world see Jesus in you? "For me
to live is Christ." Make that the
motto of your life if you would live
a life of rejoicing and be pleasing
to our God.
POESY
MUSING
I sometimes muse and ponder,
About the folks I meet,
And oft in 'contemplation,
I watch the crowded street;
The people jostling onward,
With eager steps and slow;
The elbowing and lurching,
Present a moving show.
I sometimes muse and ponder,
About the folks I know,
And oft in meditation
I gaze in Friendship's glow,
As to their joys and longings,
As to their hopes on earth,
As to their aspirations,
And what they value 'worthy.
I sometimes muse and ponder
About my Savior's Cross,
And then in dedication,
"I count all things but loss,"
In knowing that He loves me,
In knowing of His care;
And so the joy of serving
Becomes my daily prayer!
—E. Ruff.
'ROUND CAMPUS eddwid eo..edd
Spiritual Frontiers
Baptists—along with other Christian bodies—are beginning to realize
that they must soon face the world of today and meet people's problems.
The Convocation in Minneapolis next Monday (which is but one of 103
similar conclaves of Baptists) is evidence of the dawning consciousness
among many Christians that the world is looking to the Church to show
the way out of the present debacle (if such we may call it).
Statistics of many denominations show that Christian forces are not
making much net increase. We have no documentary evidence for this,
but perhaps the great majority of people taken into the Church today are
from Christian background; in other words, we are unable, to a large ex-tent,
to reach people from non-Christian background. Why? Either we
do not present the gospel message as the early apostles did, or else we
have not adopted the gospel to the present situation as the early Chris-tians
met the conditions which they faced.
Some questions that should be cleared up are: (1); How different are
the problems of today than those of the first century? (2) Are we to give
any consideration to changing environment in the gospel presentation?
(3) What percentage of converts come from non-Christian backgrounds?
(4) How long does it take to win people with non-Christian background,
and what methods are most satisfactory?
With these questions in mind, we would propose a study of these
problems in the form of a mathematical equation (not that it could be
done mathematically, but for sake of clarity) as follows:
a—needs which first Christians faced
b—how they met these needs
c—problems that we face today
x—how we are to meet these needs
a:b::c:x
The Christian Church has stood too long in its present position—it is
at a crucial point and must offer something vital to the world. It is for
YOUTH—you and I—to work this out.
Prayer Facilities
Every one in Bethel should know the value of prayer. We hardly
have to write about why we should be praying. However, we have been
requested to remind CLARION readers of the facilities that we have for
prayer here.
Under the direction of the Religious council, there are several daily,
public prayer meetings. A morning-watch service in the Junior College
chapel has just been instituted. Herschel Rogers reports that a fine
spirit and attendance prevails. There are also the traditional noon pray-er
bands for men and women, meeting in Junior College rooms, besides
the evening service which meets for a half hour in the Seminary chapel
after dinner.
All of these are inspirational. However, we stress the unique im-portance
of the two prayer towers that we have, one in each building.
Public prayer is valuable, but private prayer is a necessity. It is then
that we give God a chance to search our hearts.
The Bethel Clarion
BETHEL INSTITUTE
1480 ,North Snelling Ave., St. Paul, Minn.
Official school paper of Bethel Institute.
Published by students bi-weekly except July, August,
and September.
ONE DOLLAR A YEAR
EDITORIAL STAFF
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CAMPUS EDITOR Dale Bjork
SPORTS Bernard Hammerbeck, Elna Finstrom, and Vernon Pearson
FEATURES Carol Jane Engwall, Gladys Hanson, Mary Ann Liljenstrom,
Muriel Petersen, Leone Smith, Helen Sorenson, and Viola Waihela.
NEWS REPORTERS.... Glenn Anderson, Betty Danielson, Dalphy Fagerstrom,
Gunnar Hoglund, Archie Johnson, Miriam Johanson, Lloyd Shold,
Sara Mae Swenson, Marvin Toews, Robert Wallin, and Dorothy
Webster.
TYPIST Grace Widen EDITORIAL ADVISOR Miss Enid Platts
BUSINESS STAFF
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CIRCULATION MANAGER Doris Jane Eggleston
CIRCULATION ASSISTANT Archie Johnson
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Entered as second-class matter October 9, 1935, at the postoffice at St. Paul,
Minnesota, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
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Campus Calendar
MONDAY
Baptist Convocation, Minne-apolis.
THURSDAY, March 14
BWA.
FRIDAY, March 15
Freshman program, Chapel, 8
p. m.
Senior Reception. Dr. Hag-strom,
host.
WEDNESDAY, March 20
Missionary band.
Extension Trips
Made On Sunday
Several students will visit the
church in Sandy Lake, Minnesota,
Sunday where they will have
charge of both morning and eve-ning
services. The following Sun-day,
they will go to Lake Lillian
for a similar appearance.
The purposes of these trips
are to help Baptist churches
and to advance the interests of
Bethel Institute, according to
Herschel Rogers, president of
the Religious council.
For Easter vacation a tour is be-ing
planned through Illinois and
Iowa. About six students will take
part in the services which will be
held in five or more churches.
New Group Formulates
Worker's Program
Monthly luncheons have become
a feature of the newly organized
N.Y.A. club. The first was held on
Tuesday, February 20.
Musical entertainment was
offered by Bob Paulson on his
accordian and by a male quar-tet.
"H. Peter" Hanson, advis-er,
gave a toast.
A constitution is being formulat-ed
for the group. The following
members are cooperating on this
task: Gunnar Hoglund, preamble;
Glen Soule, Article I—membership;
Dallas West, Article II—officers;
Kenneth Norquist, Article III—so-cial
events; and Dale Bjork, Ar-ticle
IV—goal.
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News Censor
Explained
Propaganda, as it filters through
our newspaper reading and radio
reports, was demonstrated Wednes-day
night by C. W. Sorenson at
the Chautauquan program.
The Sophomore class sponsored
this ,program. The members sent
speakers to the Twin cities Bap-tist
churches, canvassed the 'com-munity,
and publicized the event.
Olaf Nelson, director, and Don
Johnson, class president, were in
charge.
Sorenson showed many in-stances
where news facts or
photos have been deliberately
distorted. He pointed out the
propaganda in headlines, in ad-vertisements,
in magazines,
and on the radio.
Nearly all governments are
doing their share of propagan-dizing,
he claimed. Sorenson
also indicated the simple tech-nique
of propaganda analysis.
This journalist-adventurer is
sent out by the University of Min-nesota
Extension department. As
an explorer he was elected a Fel-low
of the Royal Geographical so-ciety,
following expeditions in the
Arabian desert.
Sorenson has traveled wide-ly
in Europe, Africa, India,
Borneo, China, Japan, Malaya,
and Philippines. For the Brit-ish
Movietonews he filmed the
Arab-Jewish clashes and the
laying of the oil pipeline from
Iraq to the Mediterranean sea.
When Crown Prince Gustaf of
Sweden was on an expedition
in Transjordiania, Sorenson
was press representative and
photographer.
The speaker was living in Ger-many
at the time that Hitler came
into power and helped cover the
story of the first blood purge, the
death of President Hindenburg,
and the assassination of Chancel-lor
Dolfuss.
CHAPEL APPEARANCE
The A Cappella choir sang in
chapel Thursday with Prof. Hult-gren
directing.
They sang three songs : ''Bless
The Lord, 0 My Soul" by Mikail
M. Ip,politof-Ivanof ; "Beautiful Sav-ior"
by F. Melius Christiansen;
and "Cheribum Song."
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Minneapolis
THE BETHEL CLARION Page 3
Malmsten Schedules
Spring Itinerary
H. Wyman Malmsten, financial
representative, is making a tour of
Minnesota churches during the
month of March.
His tentative schedule calls
for appearances at St. Paul
First Swedish, Central Baptist,
Scandia, Cokato, Grove City,
Maynard, Wilmar, Blomkest,
Becker, St. Cloud Calvary,
Anoka Elim, Kerkhoven, Elim
of Minneapolis, Clear Lake,
Russel, Lake Sarah, Rothsay,
Henning, Alexandria, Evans-ville,
and Fergus Falls.
After Easter Malmsten will visit
churches in South Dakota, Wis-consin,
and the Eastern states.
He has also been invited to
preach the baccalaureate and com-mencement
sermons for the Al-berta
Baptist Bible academy in
Canada.
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By DALE BJORK
On March 14, the Male chorus
will sing a concert at the First
Covenant church of St. Paul. Pro-fessor
Theodore Bergman will be
the pianist for the evening. Pro-fessor
Hultgren will be directing
the chorus.
For this year, the chorus has
decided to wear double-breast.
ed, oxford-grey suits with cus-tomary
wing tip collars and
black bow ties. Most of the
members are purchasing new
suits. They have placed their'
order at McCluskly's Clothing
store, St. Paul. The order
amounts to over $400. The
chorus expects to wear its new
apparel at the concert on
March 14.
In preparation for their appear-ance
and the coming concert tour,
the chorus has been meeting at
least four times a week in sec-tional
or chorus practice. Improve-ment
and interest is shown in the
work.
Baptist Meet
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Fulton, Ministers and Missionaries
Benefit board.
Beginning at 10:30 a. m.,
there will be simultaneous ses-sions
for men and women on
"A Revival Of Vital Religion."
There will be a youth dinner
at 6:15 p. m. when the theme,
"Christian Leadership For To-day
And Tomorrow," will be
taken up. The final meeting at
8 p. m. will be a reconsecration
and worship service centering
about "World Fellowship
Through Christ."
The Convocator is Dr. Sidney
Powell, pastor of the First Baptist
church of St. Paul. Dr. G. Arvid
Hagstrom is chairman of the Visu-alization
committee ; Lemuel Pe-tersen
is also a committee mem-ber.
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COMPLIMENTS
OF
NESEI—SAK
Male Choristers To Appear
Before Spring Concert Tour
Bethel Cagers Face
Some. Competition Yet
Although Bethel has completed
its conference basketball schedule,
it still has several stiff contests.
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scheduled for March 18 against the
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S.B.Y.P:U. league.
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Page 4 THE BETHEL CLARION
Last League
Game Taken
By BERNARD HAMMERBECK
Bethelites took their last confer-ence
game at a 61-42 victory over
Luther last Saturday.
The Bethel Indians found the tall
Rochester quintet a bit too tall for
their style of play and succumbed
58-42 before the relentless attack
of the tall Medico five. The game
was played on the Rochester floor.
The victory for the Roches-ter
quintet assured them of an-other
championship crown as
they completed their confer.
ence schedule with only one
loss. It was the 'fourth confer-ence
loss for the Bethelites as
compared to five wins and put
Bethel in fourth place in the
conference standings.
The Bethelites played inspired
ball the first half and retired with
a 6 point lead at halftime. How-ever,
the final period found the
tired Bethelites weak before the
attack of the tall Medicos, and at
the final gun the Rochester five
were on the long end of a 58-42
score.
Wright and Wilson led the win-ners
with 19 and 14 points respec-tively.
Don Johnson with 16 coun-ters
and Bob Hovinen with 12 led
the Bethel offense.
All-Opponent Team
Nominated By Coach
In a recent interview, Coach
Bill Adam expressed his choice in
regards to an all-star conference
basketball team. Adam limited his
choice to opponents of his Bethel
quintet and intimated he had con-siderable
difficulty in narrowing
the field to five men.
The team as chosen by Coach
Adam included Wilson, of Roches-ter
and Thompson of Albert Lea
at the forward posts, "Slug" Guld-berg
of Bethany in the center spot,
and Hollstine of Tracy and Mad-son
from Bethany at the guard
spots. Special mention was also
made of Wright, the Rochester
center.
Diamond Aspirants
To Begin Practice
Coach William Adam has is-sued
the first call for all bat.
terymen for his baseball team.
Pitchers and catchers are to
report for practice in the gym
about March 18th. Infielders
and outfielders will report for
duty immediately following
Spring vacation.
qach Adam wishes it to be
remembered that all aspirants
for his baseball nine must fur-nish
their own glove and shoes.
Mural Hoop Champs
To Be Determined
Final playoffs between the fresh-man
and sophomore gym teams for
the intramural basketball cham-pionship
will be held next week,
Coach Adam reports. The cham-pionship
goes to the first team
winning two games.
The frosh will be represent.
ed by either G. Larson's or W.
Dahlstrom's quintet. The two
quintets are running neck-and-neck
at present, and the decid-ing
tilt has not as yet been
played.
The sophomore race has not yet
been decided either with both G.
Samuelson's and G. Anderson's
teams fighting for the coveted
spot. Their fate will be decided
late this week.
MINNEAPOLIS RECITAL
The Minneapolis A cappella choir
is giving its annual Spring concert
next Tuesday evening at the Ly-ceum
theater in Minneapolis.
George Hultgren is the director.
John Valine is selling tickets to
Bethel students.
SENIORS HONORED
Seniors of the Seminary will be
honored by a reception on Friday
evening, March 15, given by Dr.
and Mrs. G. Arvid Hagstrom, pres-ident.
This is an annual affair and
will be held at their home.
Coeds Meet
Weaker Teams
Bethel cagerettes have been corn-ing
out on top the last few weeks
as they have met opponents of the
Twin Cities.
Winning 20-13, they placed
over the Neighborhood House
women of St. Paul on Feb. 5.
Elizabeth and Marie Larson
tied as high scorers with four
baskets each.
In two games with the Farm
school "Aggies" the Bethelites
were victors. The first on Feb. 9
was taken by 31-22 recital, and the
second on Feb. 19 with a 28-16
chalk-up.
Again on Feb. 16, the Bethel
Squaws triumphed over the
Phyllis Wheatley Settlement
outfit with a 20.13 win. This is
a Negro team. A return en-gagement
will be played today.
This week the basketball play-off
will take place with these teams
tentatively lined up: Helen Heath's
sophomores against Harriette Fos-sum's
frosh. They are leading the
series. There will be three games
Played, with two necessary for the
Crown.
EDUCATORS MEET
Dean Emery Johnson attended a
national meeting of educational ad-ministrators
in St. Louis, Missouri,
last week. On the way to the con-vention,
he showed pictures of the
school at Burlington, Iowa.
SORLEY ORDAINED
Wilbur Sorley, valedictorian of
last year's Seminary graduating
class, was ordained to the Christian
ministry last Friday evening.
Dr. G. Arvid Hagstrom preached
the ordination sermon.
Sorley is pastor at the Minne-haha
Baptist church in Minne-apolis.
B ook s
"George W. Truett: A Biogra-phy"
by Powhatan W. James. 277
pp. The MacMillan Company. New
York. 1939.
"The Dynamic Of A Dream" by
Marie Alcomb Riley. The Erd-manns
Company. Grand Rapids,
Mich. 1939.
Here are two recent biographies
which every loyal Baptist should
read. They can both be found in
the Seminary library.
The first is that of a Prince of
Preachers. Dr. Truett is called the
outstanding evangelical preacher
of this generation: The story be-gins
with his preacher-ancestors in
the mountains of North Carolina.
Truett's conversion, call to the
ministry, early training prove in-teresting
to youth. He was not very
old before he bore the marks of
future brilliancy.
The work of building his Dallas,
Texas, church to a membership of
7,000; his influence within the
Southern Baptist realm; his privi-lege
to guide even the Baptists of
the world : the stories of all these
are inspiring. Truett's power to
preach is revealed in the stories
of his trips to South America and
China, when, preaching through an
interpreter, hundreds and thou-sands
of people were converted to
Christianity in one service.
"The Dynamic Of A Dream" is
the intimate story of a man whom
we know and admire—Dr. W. B.
Riley of Minneapolis. It tells of his
aspirations for his church, his
school, his writings for his de-nomination,
and for fundamental
Christian cause at large. Riley has
wielded a mighty influence through
out the nation.
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